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Advice From Inugami
On the day I saw Setsu, I was face-to-face with the Inugami at the space before I got reincarnated.
「Inugami-sama!」
The moment I saw that huge bulldog, I dashed over to him and hugged him without caring for anything else.
「Hey!, You, why are you hugging me as you please」
It can’t be helped, you know! I’ve been deprived of fluffs for over half a year!」
It’s really been a while. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
He has short hair characteristic of a bulldog with a really smooth texture.
There is soft flesh underneath and the saggy skin has an irresistibly squishy feel to it.
Aah, it’s been half a year since I got my fluffs element. This is the best.
It feels like I’ve finally got the nutrients I need to live
「......have you calmed down now?」
After I enjoyed the fluffy feel for around an hour, Inugami suddenly said that to me.
「Yes. I have finally calmed down」
「Umm. Now you have the face of someone who has finally been freed from demon possession」
That sounds awful, but did I look so terrible before I got my fluffs?
...maybe I looked like that.
Maybe it was because I had stroked Inugami to my heart’s content. Right now, my head feels so clear and refreshed.
This might be because I was finally able to satisfy my long-held craving for fluffs.
「……………does the fact that I’m here mean I died again?」
It has been nine months since I reincarnated and gained consciousness as Arc. It was such a short life.
「No, that is not the case. Actually, there is something I have to tell you so I especially summoned your consciousness today 」
「Aah, so it was like that」
That was a surprise. I thought I had died again since I was called to Inugami’s sanctuary. That’s something he can do after all. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「So what is this something you have to tell me?」
「Hm, it is about Fuku」
「Did something happen to Fuku!?」
「No, Fuku is fine. That guy is working hard to carry out his duty on earth in order to reunite with you as soon as possible. At this rate, Fuku will have no problem going to your world」
「Then, what could be the problem?」
「It is your amount of mana」
「Mine?」
「Fuku is, after all, a god’s servant, in a limited sense. You can imagine an average person with average capacity can not tame him, right?」
「In other words, at this rate, I will be unable to tame Fuku?」
「That is right. That is why I summoned you here to impart you with some wisdom」
「I see. Thank you very much」
It’s a little surprising I still got such an after-service.
I thought he would not care about it since he’s a fairly casual god, but he might have paid attention to this since Fuku - his servant - is related to this.
「So what should I do so I can tame Fuku?」
「You need to work hard in training to increase your mana amount. Specifically, you have to exhaust your mana to the utmost limit and recover, to increase the amount of your mana」
「Is that all I need to do?」
「It is easy to say but doing it in training is not so simple. For the people in your world, mana is an important form of energy to maintain their life. Exhausting your mana to the utmost limit will be accompanied by great pain」
When you consume your mana suddenly, you will be attacked by symptoms like dizziness, fatigue, headache, and nausea, so if you use up all your mana in an instant, you will all those symptoms will overwhelm you at once that even adults will be unable to stand it.
「………but, it is important in order for me to tame Fuku, right?」
「It is important」
「Then I will do it」
「That is a good attitude. Then, increase your amount of mana for two years until you reunite with Fuku」
If that is the condition in order for me to be in an equal position with Fuku, then I will do it. I had no other choice but to do it. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「I would like to ask one question」
「What is it?」
「Where can I find mana?」
「...........................」
When I asked a simple question of him, Inugami’s expression became indescribable.
I understand I needed to train to increase the amount of my mana, but I still didn’t understand the most important things, like what mana actually is, where it is located, or how to use it.
「You have been living in a world where there is no mana. It is not good for me as the world’s guardian to show a single human too much favor, but I will make a special exception this time and teach you how to perceive mana 」
「Please」
When I nodded, Inugami lumbered toward me and pressed his paw against my chest.
「Can you feel it?」
「Yes! I can feel your soft paw against my chest…!」
「Not that! Mana!」
The next moment, I feel something warm flowing through my body.
「……I feel a mysterious power」
「That is mana. Mana is always circulating inside one’s body. It is like a human’s second blood vessel」
It starts to circulate around the center of the heart throughout my whole body.
So this is mana.
「As long as you can perceive mana even once, later you will be able to perceive it one way or another」
「Eeh? It’s over already!?」
「I have fulfilled my obligation」
Although he taught me how to recognize mana, he actually didn’t teach me a single thing about how to handle mana.
From Inugami’s perspective, the next steps would probably be my own effort to handle mana.
In that regard, I will definitely do my best as I am told. But you know….
「Even though I still wanted to pet Inugami-sama and your other servants!」
Even if my consciousness returns to my original world this alone won’t change no matter what.
I desperately tried to reach out to Inugami, but my vision gradually faded and when I came to, I was already in my room.
My body senses return to being Arc from being Inukai Taizou.
I wonder if the occurrence earlier was just a dream?
I wondered if it was because I was dissatisfied I was unable to pet some fluffs that Inugami summoned me to fulfill my heart’s desire. I can’t help but think like that, but I felt the feeling of mana I perceived earlier due to Inugami in my chest.
Apparently, what I experienced earlier was not a dream.
When I tried glancing over, I saw a maid dozing off in the chair by the crib’s side. I thought ‘You shouldn’t be looking away when you’re supposed to take care of a baby’, but it was actually convenient no one was watching.
「Funn~!」
I try to move the mana inside my body.
Then, little by little, I was able to move the mana inside my body.
But, it is just so little. I can’t move the mana all at once and I can’t move them quickly.
However, I can move them a little. Although this is surprisingly difficult, I’m sure I will just have to get used to it.
I persist and continue to move the mana steadily for nearly an hour.
I somehow managed to gather the mana inside my body to my fingertip.
Mana gathers at my round fingertip. It’s a little warm. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
But, that’s just it. I could gather the mana, but I couldn’t do the important part of expending my mana
I need to use up my mana to its limit in order to increase my amount of mana.
In that case, not only do I have to move it inside my body but I also need to release it outside my body.
Is there any way to release this mana outside somehow?
The fantasy staple of Fireball is.....that’s kinda dangerous so I’ll try to bring out water instead.
As I imagined releasing it inside my mind, something like water quickly gathers at my fingertip and it forms a water ball. Then, it flies straight and hits the wall, bursting with a *bassha*.
…………was that magic just now? No way, I never imagined that I would be able to shoot magic when I thought of releasing my mana.
I quickly looked in the maid’s direction, but it seemed like she was sleeping so deeply and hadn’t woken up by that.
Knowing that, I feel relieved for now.
At the same time, a heavy feeling - like fatigue - washed over me.
This should be the exhaustion from consuming one’s mana. Certainly, this might be tough.
But if you compare this to working consecutively for 20 days or triple all-nighters at a black company, this was nothing
Debuffs of this level are just a daily routine for a corporate slave salaryman.
When you become an adult, you will have a few days when you feel healthy.
And so, I use magic again to consume my mana.
It’s just that this time, the water ball didn’t fly away, it just stayed there after being created.
If I were to do this thoughtlessly, then it would wake up the maid and the room would get wet. I use the mana over a water jar inside the room so it won’t get wet as I imagine the water floating in midair.
I summon all of the mana inside my body to gather and create a water ball above the water jar.
……I did it! The moment I thought like that, I got attacked by an intense headache and my consciousness began to fade.
Are you kidding me? If I lost consciousness after just two magic casts, then the mana amount in my body is too low.
I canceled my magic as I lost consciousness while hearing the sound of the water ball falling into the water jar.
I woke up in the evening. My head feels so heavy and my whole body feels sluggish.
This seems to be the after-effect of using up my mana to the limit.
This is so painful that it would make the average baby begin crying, but as a 24-year-old salaryman at heart, I managed to endure it.
It feels like a bit of a terrible hangover or when you a gastroenteritis. It’s bothersome, but I can endure it if I put my mind to it.
If I were an adult with a job this would be a problem, but fortunately, I am a baby with nothing to do.
And if I were to say a baby’s job, then it would be to eat and sleep, just those.
And so from now on, when I have free time, I will use all of them to train in increasing the amount of my mana.
Different from when I was a working adult, right now I have a lot of free time.
Just wait, Fuku.
I will increase my mana so I will be able to properly tame you.
I decided to close my eyes again to increase the speed of my mana’s recovery, even if a little. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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